Rabu, 24 November 2010

Diarrhea in infants



Faced with conditions of children who have diarrhea can sometimes make parents panic. Actually, the handling is very easy to live was taken to the doctor wrote, and then given the drug and recovered. But if we want to examine a little about what actually happens to us when experiencing diarrhea can reduce panic us as parents.

If your baby or your child suddenly has a change in bowel movements than usual, both the frequency / amount of waste water that became frequent and out in the consistency of liquid than solid, then it is diarrhea.

A newborn baby will generally defecate more than ten times a day, and larger babies will have the time of each bowel movement, there is a day 2-3 times a day or there are only 2 times a week. In other words you must know what normally for your baby or child from their bowel habits.

The cause diarrhea:

* The virus (which causes diarrhea common - and usually because of Rotavirus), symptoms: diarrhea-water stools (watery), foam, no blood mucus, sour smell.

* GE (stomach flu) virus ever since.

* Bacteria - diarrhea with blood or mucus, abdominal pain. This requires antibiotic as a therapeutic treatment.

* Parasite (Giardiasis) - diarrhea blood + / - and mucus, abdominal pain requires antiparasite.

* Children are therapy with the use of antibiotilka If diarrhea occurs when a child is in the antibiotic treatment, then call your doctor.

* Allergies milk, - diarrhea usually occur several minutes or hours after drinking the milk, usually in cow's milk allergy and products made from cow's milk.

* Infection from bacteria or viruses that accompany other diseases such as urinary tract infections, ear infections, measles, etc.

Diarrhea Treatment

Because the causes of acute diarrhea / diarrhea is the most common sudden virus, no treatment that can cure, because it usually will heal on its own after a few days. So the treatment of diarrhea is intended to treat existing symptoms and prevent dehydration or less liquid.

Acute diarrhea can be cured only by continuing the provision of food as usual and drink/just enough fluids.

To remember not to give drug treatment to stop the diarrhea, since diarrhea is herself a body's defense mechanism to remove the contamination of food from the gut. Trying to stop the diarrhea with drugs such as clogged pipes that will come out and cause back-flow and will aggravate the channel.

Therefore, diarrhea is the process of the body's defense mechanism, will heal by itself after a few days - (14 days) which contains more diarrhea - from water (watery) began berampas, reduced its frequency and recovery.

Most important in the diarrhea is to prevent and cope with symptoms of dehydration.
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